But the release of the latest jobs report confirms what the calendar says. Like that of nearly every other month, October’s jobs report is . . . you know . . . fine.The New York Timesreports: “The nation’s employers added 114,000 jobs in September, a modest showing that was less than the previous month. But the unemployment rate dropped to 7.8 percent from 8.1 percent. . . the lowest unemployment rate since January 2009, the month Mr. Obama took office. . . Obama can point to the 24th straight month of job growth after a severe financial crisis, while Republicans continue to criticize the glacial pace of the improvement.” Or, more realistically, Obama can look downwards and mumble vaguely defensive run-on sentences, and Republicans can charmingly and effectively misrepresent their own policies.